Wire fence.



PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

W. B. HUGHES.

WIRE FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2a, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented April 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

IVALLAOE B. HUGHES, OF DALLAS, TEXAS, A SSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOE SAMUELS, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 75?,928, dated. April 19, 1904.

Application filed July 23, 1903.

To all 2071,0771, it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVALLACE B. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in wire fences, and particularly in that class of such fences which employ line-wires composed of strands twisted together to form a twisted cable, and the invention relates particularly to the connection between the fence-stays and the cables; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a portion of a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the fence, showing parts of two cables and a completed joint between the stay-sections and the cable and also portions of two stay-sections applied to the cable in position to be twisted into connection therewith. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the joints between the cable and-the stay-sections with the latter given what may be termed their initial bend. Fig. L is a perspective view of one of the joints with the stay-sections given additional twists to the bends shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing one of the joints between the cables and the stay-sections complete, and Fig. 6 is a crosssection on about line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention I provide linewires in the form of cables A, each consisting of two strands a, twisted together, as shown in the drawings. For convenience in manufacturing it is preferred to twist the strands a in reverse directions in the adjoining meshes of the fence or, rather, between the adjacent stays, as will be understood from Fig. 1; but I do not desire to be limited in the broad features of my invention to this reversing of the twist.

An important feature of my invention is the construction of the fence with line-wires composed of twisted cables and with the stays Serial No. 166,718. No model.)

formed of sections whose meeting ends are passed between the strands a of the cable and then secured. In other words, an important feature of my invention is the construction of a fence with twisted cables and stays made in sections with their meeting ends passing between the strands of the cable. This is well illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings in which the upper and lower stay-sections B and B have their meeting ends 6 and 6 passed between the strands a of the twisted cable A ready to be twisted around their respective strands a, as illustrated in Figs. 8, 4, and 5 of the drawings. If now the meeting ends 5 and b of the sections B and B be bent in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig.2,they will be brought first to the position shown in Fig. 3. A further movement of the ends I) and b in the direction of the arrows in Figs. 2 and 3 will bring the ends Z) and b to the position shown in Fig. 4. In continuing the twist of the ends 6 and b from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 4 it will be noticed that each end 6 and b has been twisted entirely around its respective strand a, completely encircling said strand (0, as will be understood from Figs. 4: and 6 of the drawings. By this means I get a positive tie of the meeting ends of the staysections to their respective strands of the cable before the ends I) and I) have been given the final twist around the body of the cable to bring them to the completed position. (Shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.) This is important in the construction of the complete fence, as by passing the meeting ends between the strands of the twisted cable and twisting them in reverse directions around their respective strands of the cable I secure the stay-wires in a line with the center of the fence, so that the fence cannot be unrolled or pulled apart by a lengthwise strain on the stay-wires. It will-be understood from this I of the wires in the fence and make the strongest fence possible with the given size of wire.

Further, an important advantage results from twisting the meeting ends of the stay-sections first around their respective strands a and then around the body of the twisted cable, in that the staysections are locked from movement along the cables and only a small portion of the surfaces of the cables are pressed upon by the stay-sections, so that the tendency to weaken the cables and to remove the galvanizing therefrom is greatly reduced.

It will be noticed from Figs. 3, 4, and 5 that when the stay-sections are passed at their meeting ends between the strands of the twisted cable while they are adjacent to each other they are free from any interlocking connection or hooking together in advance of being twisted around their respective strands and thence around the twisted cable. This is important for several reasons. In the first place it avoids spreading the strands of the cable apart at the point where the stay-sections connect therewith, except to the extent of the thickness of one of the said stay-sec tions. It also permits the ends of the stay-sections after being twisted first, around their respective strands'of the cable to rest close to the body of the stay-section from which such particular end extends, so that the coils of the stay-sections around the strands rest close at one end against the stay-sections and may be brought into very compact form intheConnpleted fence.

When the meeting ends of the stay-sections are brought to the final position, as shown in Fig. 5, they terminate one at the upper side of the cable, as shown in Fig. 5, and the other at the lower side of the cable, so that the fence will present substantially the same appearance on both sides, and the extremities of the meeting ends of the stay-sections will be so disposed that theywill not injure stock rubbing along either side of the fence.

It will benoticed from Fig. 3 that the meeting ends of the stay-sections are so directed in twisting them around the cables as to tighten the twist in the cables. 'To this 'end the ends I) and Z) are bent around the cables in the direction of the twist of the latter, thus increasing the tightness of the twist given to the cables.

It will be understood that in practice in the building of my fence by suitable machinery the stay-sections may be fed between the strands a, as-shown in' Fig. 2, and then by suitable devices be twisted in the direction of the arrows in Figs. 2, 3, and 4: until the complete twist is formed, as shown in Fig. 5, the twisting of the strands a being continued after the insertion of the stays to the position shown in Fig. 2, as will be understood from Figs. 3, i, and 5 of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The improved fence herein described consisting of the line wires composed of strands twisted together to form a twisted cable, andstay-sections passed at their meeting ends in opposite directions between the strands of the twisted cable adjacent to each other, but free from interlocking connection andthen twisted first entirely around their respective strands of the cable and then coiled around the twisted cables substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The. combination in a fence substantially as herein described, of the line-wires composed of strands twisted together, forming a twisted I cable, and stay-sections inserted at their meeting ends between the strands of the twisted cable, with their ends extending in opposite directions through the cable, and free from interlocking connection with each other, the said ends being then twisted first entirely around their respective strands and close against the side of the body of the section from which the respective ends extend, and then coiled around the twisted cable whereby the spreading of the twisted cable at the point of insertion of the stay-sections is limited to the thickness of one of said sections and the coils may, extend compactly from the stay-sections, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WALLACE B. HUGHES. Witnesses:

SoLoN O. KEMoN, PERRY B. TURPIN. 

